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Learning Fast to Survive and Thrive

Learning Fast to Survive and Thrive

To BCG’s network around the world,

Eighteen months ago, my colleagues and I laid out a leadership agenda, Winning the ’20s, aimed at this new decade. The first of our five imperatives highlighted that the nature of competition was rapidly changing and that the rate of learning would become a core source of advantage. We expected this to play out over several years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shrunk this timeline down to months, if not weeks.

Outside of war,...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/01/learning-fast-to-survive-and-thrive/

“Contemporary Minoans” in fashion, gastronomy and arts travel from Crete to London

Illustration by Alexandra Bissa

“Contemporary Minoans” in fashion, gastronomy and arts travel from Crete to London

Distinguished academics and designers from Europe come together at the Museum of London to showcase the everlasting influence of the Minoan culture at the global contemporary creation scene (fashion, gastronomy, music, art).

This high-level cultural event “Contemporary Minoans|Cretan culture, source of inspiration” is organised at the initiative of Cultural Organisation Branding...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/24/contemporary-minoans-in-fashion-gastronomy-and-arts-travel-from-crete-to-london/

Vancouver Fashion Week: New Talents for SS20

Vancouver Fashion Week: New Talents for SS20

by Elena Sendona

Vancouver Fashion Week is the fastest-growing fashion week in the world and the only industry event that actively seeks out to showcase international award-winning designers from over 25 global fashion capitals.

For 33 seasons, VFW has celebrated multiculturalism and up-and-coming designers on their runways. So I’m totally excited to show you what’s next!

Concluding Spring/Summer 2020 of Vancouver Fashion Week was Haus of Zuk. Heavily...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/20/vancouver-fashion-week-new-talents-for-ss20/

Sustainable footwear company ALLBIRDS selects GEODIS to support its European E-Commerce expansion

Sustainable footwear company ALLBIRDS selects GEODIS to support its European E-Commerce expansion

AUGUST 23, 2019

SCHIPHOL/NETHERLANDS

Global supply chain operator GEODIS has been chosen by Allbirds to service sales through its newly launched e-commerce website, www.allbirds.eu which caters to 12 European markets, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia. GEODIS Netherlands will manage all of Allbirds’s warehouse activities for these new markets from its central...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/23/sustainable-footwear-company-allbirds-selects-geodis-to-support-its-european-e-commerce-expansion/

Cushnie is Delivering the Perfect Fit!

Cushnie is Delivering the Perfect Fit!

by Elena Sendona

Designer Carly Cushnie is paying so much attention to the perfect fit that you always love these silhouettes due to their cut and simplicity. The looks are not detail-packed but they are surely tailored to perfection and accented strategically so that you always get a figure-flattering look.

Adopted by smart and elegant women such as Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Gal Gadot, Lupita Nyong’o, Ava Duvernay, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Lopez, Ashley...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/09/cushnie-is-delivering-the-perfect-fit/

Keep Cool and Carry On – summer special expiring soon

 Keep Cool and Carry On – summer special expiring soon
Cool Logistics Global, 17-19th September 2019, Valencia, Spain

From farm to fork, production to sale, global leaders and innovators in perishables logistics, cold supply chain operations and reefer transport are coming to Valencia this September. Join them this September to map out your future strategy for cool logistics.

Check out our line-up of top speakers below and don’t forget to book your place before our special summer rate expires on...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/09/keep-cool-and-carry-on-summer-special-expiring-soon/

Christian Siriano is Forever Fierce!

Christian Siriano is Forever Fierce!

by Elena Sendoa

Beyond talented and with strong work ethic, Christian Siriano at 33-years-old is already a red carpet staple. A-listers such as Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Zendaya are stunning the world clad in Siriano’s ‘clouds’, as fashion insiders describe the ginormous ruffle tulle creations in an array or cool fashionable colors.

He is never intimidated by an extra long train, a super billowy skirt, or extreme...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/08/09/christian-siriano-is-forever-fierce/

Kate Spade Bags Love Nature!

Kate Spade Bags Love Nature!

by Elena Sendona

I’m truly mesmerized by the aesthetics of current Kate Spade photoshoot mostly depicting great handbag styles. From the Suzy line, we surely want them all, especially the saddle and the bucket in lavender or nude hue. In the pictures we’ve got first a lovely greenhouse setting, and then one that could transcend us to a sandy beach at the Hamptons. The purse are here in the role fashionable flower pots. Wild floral arrangements are set against a...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/27/kate-spade-bags-love-nature/

Johnson’s grim political arithmetic, Fed ‘overlooking’ US consumers

Boris Johnson

Johnson’s grim political arithmetic, Fed ‘overlooking’ US consumers

Commentary: Johnson’s grim political arithmetic

By Meghnad Desai and David Marsh in London

The British prime minister has changed, but the grim political arithmetic remains the same. Boris Johnson entered 10 Downing Street on Wednesday at the helm of a weak, uncertain government facing very similar constraints to those that dogged Theresa May. Johnson takes the helm with his all-too-apparent frailties exposed in a way...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/25/johnsons-grim-political-arithmetic-fed-overlooking-us-consumers/

“K”Line Selected for Leading Global ESG Indices, including FTSE4Good Index Series and FTSE Blossom Japan Index

“K”Line Selected for Leading Global ESG Indices, including FTSE4Good Index Series and FTSE Blossom Japan Index

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has been selected again as a constituent of the “FTSE4Good Index Series”, one of the leading global indices for ESG investing (*), for the 17th consecutive year since its initial inclusion in 2003 and “FTSE Blossom Japan Index” for three consecutive years since 2017.

FTSE4Good Global Index is an index developed by FTSE Russell, wholly owned...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/07/09/kline-selected-for-leading-global-esg-indices-including-ftse4good-index-series-and-ftse-blossom-japan-index/

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